Plicadomus

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Plicadomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Subfamily: Orthogibbinae
Genus: Plicadomus
Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Helix sulcata
Synonyms
  • Orthogibbus (Plicadomus) Swainson, 1840
  • Pupa (Plicadomus) Swainson, 1840

Plicadomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

Distribution

The genus Plicadomus is endemic to Mauritius.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Plicadomus include:[3]

References

  1. ^ Swainson W. (1840). Treat. Malacol. 167, 332.
  2. ^ a b Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Plicadomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996791 on 2023-06-27